Page 25 of 277 FirstFirst ... 1523242526273575125 ... LastLast
Results 241 to 250 of 2764

Thread: Hyundai WRT

  1. #241
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2015
    Location
    Lithuania
    Posts
    386
    Like
    803
    Liked 248 Times in 125 Posts
    http://rallyestonia.com/hyundai-moto...rally-estonia/ H.Paddon/S.Marshall will start in Rally Estonia 2018, with Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC.

  2. Likes: salamaja (7th February 2018)
  3. #242
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Posts
    1,836
    Like
    474
    Liked 1,472 Times in 572 Posts
    He should do some asphalt rallies instead...

  4. #243
    Senior Member EstWRC's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2014
    Location
    Estonia
    Posts
    13,882
    Like
    6,764
    Liked 12,162 Times in 5,216 Posts
    Hyundai Motorsport announce new President https://rallysportmag.com/hyundai-mo...esident050318/
    #8 Ott Tänak - Martin Järveoja #8
    - World Rally Champions 2019 -

  5. #244
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2014
    Location
    Timaru NZ
    Posts
    443
    Like
    107
    Liked 306 Times in 158 Posts
    In light of the performance of Hayden's car at Finland I am surprised that no one has commented on the changes that have been engineered into it
    Things happen for reasons, not excuses.

  6. Likes: GravelBen (31st July 2018)
  7. #245
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Dec 2014
    Location
    Indonesia
    Posts
    203
    Like
    82
    Liked 124 Times in 64 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by Mk2 RS2000 View Post
    In light of the performance of Hayden's car at Finland I am surprised that no one has commented on the changes that have been engineered into it
    Or about how poor Mikkelsen was in comparison (not just this rally but others as well compared to Sordo). I just get the feeling that Hyundai have thrown their weight behind Mikkelsen prematurely compared to Sordo and Paddon, but don't see them changing their minds.

  8. #246
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    May 2005
    Posts
    5,798
    Like
    337
    Liked 3,786 Times in 1,977 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by Grundo Farb View Post
    Or about how poor Mikkelsen was in comparison (not just this rally but others as well compared to Sordo). I just get the feeling that Hyundai have thrown their weight behind Mikkelsen prematurely compared to Sordo and Paddon, but don't see them changing their minds.
    Obviously at this rally Mikkelsen had the worst road position for all but few friday stages (when the car was in one piece), even then on friday he was 5th on the road while Paddon was 11th.

    The season so far has obviously been quite bad from Mikkelsen (especially compared with his 3 rallies with Hyundai last year). Paddon did his first very good result of the season here. (on Sardinia he "suffered" 4th place, a bit like Mikkelsen did in Mexico).

    Compared on the rallies they competed:
    Sweden - Mikkelsen faster
    Portugal - next to each other after a few stages, then Mikkelsen retired with technical issues and Paddon crashed
    Sardinia - Mikkelsen faster, retired due to gearbox
    Finland - Paddon faster

    Sordo is doing very good this year (except on Monte), but he also did not start on the rallies that he typically did bad on (Sweden, Finland). Also compared to last year he does not have technical issues, which seem to have moved to Mikkelsen (3 technical DNFS from 3rd, 4th and 1st position).

    So if at the moment Hyundai should pick 3 cars out of those 4. It would be Neuville, Mikkelsen and Sordo.

  9. #247
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2017
    Posts
    736
    Like
    171
    Liked 706 Times in 333 Posts
    The Hyundai always looks to me that it's fighting an inherent imbalance in the chassis. It looks overly roll stiff in the rear....Neuville has found a way to set it up/drive it that works for him, but the others seem to not be able to be consistent with it.

  10. #248
    Senior Member skarderud's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    lillehammer
    Posts
    1,478
    Like
    1,571
    Liked 793 Times in 377 Posts
    Mikkelsen said in an intervu that he struggle to get the right feeling in the car, they don't thrust the car at the stages.
    In tests it feels good, than on the stages it feels different.

    Sent fra min SM-G950F via Tapatalk
    Radioreporter @ www.radiomotor.no

    KNA Lillehammer Motorsport

  11. #249
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2007
    Location
    Belgium
    Posts
    3,585
    Like
    1,913
    Liked 3,476 Times in 1,016 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by skarderud View Post
    Mikkelsen said in an intervu that he struggle to get the right feeling in the car, they don't thrust the car at the stages.
    In tests it feels good, than on the stages it feels different.

    Sent fra min SM-G950F via Tapatalk
    Strange how he was so fast in the first few rallies he did with it last year, and now after so many events all confidence in the car seems to be gone. When we saw him passing by on the stages in Finland I was always disappointed...

    @mknight, about starting positions... Tänak was 3rd on the road on friday and still quickest.

  12. #250
    Senior Member GravelBen's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2016
    Location
    NZ
    Posts
    664
    Like
    557
    Liked 782 Times in 309 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by mknight View Post

    Compared on the rallies they competed:
    Sweden - Mikkelsen faster [Mikkelsen finished higher so was faster overall (and you'd expect him to be more at home in the snow), but Paddon actually won more stages]
    Portugal - next to each other after a few stages, then Mikkelsen retired with technical issues and Paddon crashed
    Sardinia - Mikkelsen faster, retired due to gearbox [Paddon's road position was terrible (wading through a mudbath for day 1) so we never got to compare them with similar conditions before Mikkelsen retired. And wasn't Mikkelsen's gearbox damage from a couple of spins?]
    Finland - Paddon faster

    Sordo is doing very good this year (except on Monte), but he also did not start on the rallies that he typically did bad on (Sweden, Finland). Also compared to last year he does not have technical issues, which seem to have moved to Mikkelsen (3 technical DNFS from 3rd, 4th and 1st position).

    So if at the moment Hyundai should pick 3 cars out of those 4. It would be Neuville, Mikkelsen and Sordo.
    Added some extra comments to yours above.

    Sordo has been driving his best in a long time, but I don't think Mikkelsen has been as good as the team expected him to be.

    Finland is the first rally with the new front diff which Paddon has been wanting for quite a while, it will be interesting to see if they have any other developments to come during the season.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •